שָׁנָה
year
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”).
Form
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Dual
- Exactly two — for natural pairs and some measures of time.
179 distinct verses where H8141 appears in the Construct state, across 24 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 15 verses
- Genesis 7:11 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת שָׁנָה֙ prep + n c fs cs n c fs In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.
- Genesis 23:1 שָׁנָ֛ה שָׁנָ֖ה שָׁנִ֑ים שְׁנֵ֖י n c fs n c fs n c fp adj Cardinal number md cs Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. These were the years of Sarah's life.
- Genesis 25:7 שְׁנֵֽי שָׁנָ֛ה שָׁנָ֖ה שָׁנִֽים adj Cardinal number md cs n c fs n c fs n c fp These are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived: one hundred seventy-five years.
- Genesis 25:17 שְׁנֵי֙ שָׁנָ֛ה שָׁנָ֖ה שָׁנִ֑ים adj Cardinal number md cs n c fs n c fs n c fp These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 41:27 שָׁנִים֙ שְׁנֵ֥י n c fp adj Cardinal number md cs The seven lean and ill-favored cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
- Genesis 41:30 שְׁנֵ֤י adj Cardinal number md cs There will arise after them seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,
- Genesis 41:34 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt's produce in the seven plenteous years.
- Genesis 41:36 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine."
- Genesis 41:47 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs In the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth abundantly.
- Genesis 41:50 שְׁנַ֣ת n c fs cs To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
- Genesis 41:53 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs The seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
- Genesis 41:54 שְׁנֵ֤י adj Cardinal number md cs The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
- Genesis 47:8 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"
- Genesis 47:9 שְׁנֵ֣י שָׁנָ֑ה שְׁנֵ֣י שְׁנֵי֙ adj Cardinal number md cs n c fs adj Cardinal number md cs adj Cardinal number md cs Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."
- Genesis 47:28 שָׁנָ֑ה שְׁנֵ֣י שָׁנִ֔ים שָׁנָֽה n c fs adj Cardinal number md cs n c fp n c fs Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.
Exodus 3 verses
- Exodus 6:16 וּ/שְׁנֵי֙ שָׁנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs n c fs These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.
- Exodus 6:18 וּ/שְׁנֵי֙ שָׁנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs n c fs The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.
- Exodus 6:20 וּ/שְׁנֵי֙ שָׁנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs n c fs Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
Leviticus 19 verses
- Leviticus 12:6 שְׁנָת/וֹ֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms "'When the days of her purification are completed, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering:
- Leviticus 14:10 שְׁנָתָ֖/הּ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3fs "On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
- Leviticus 23:12 שְׁנָת֛/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 25:5 שְׁנַ֥ת n c fs cs What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not gather. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
- Leviticus 25:10 שְׁנַ֤ת שָׁנָ֔ה n c fs cs n c fs You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you; and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family.
- Leviticus 25:11 שְׁנַ֛ת שָׁנָ֖ה n c fs cs n c fs That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee to you. In it you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself, nor gather from the undressed vines.
- Leviticus 25:13 בִּ/שְׁנַ֥ת prep + n c fs cs "'In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his property.
- Leviticus 25:15 שָׁנִים֙ שְׁנֵֽי n c fp adj Cardinal number md cs According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. According to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you.
- Leviticus 25:27 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs then let him reckon the years since the sale of it, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.
- Leviticus 25:28 שְׁנַ֣ת n c fs cs But if he isn't able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his propery.
- Leviticus 25:29 שְׁנַ֣ת n c fs cs "'If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.
- Leviticus 25:40 שְׁנַ֥ת n c fs cs As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee:
- Leviticus 25:50 מִ/שְּׁנַת֙ שְׁנַ֣ת שָׁנִ֔ים prep + n c fs cs n c fs cs n c fp He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the Year of Jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according to the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.
- Leviticus 25:52 בַּ/שָּׁנִ֛ים שְׁנַ֥ת שָׁנָ֔י/ו prep det + n c fp n c fs cs n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms If there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to his years of service he shall give back the price of his redemption.
- Leviticus 25:54 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs "'If he isn't redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee, he, and his children with him.
- Leviticus 27:17 מִ/שְּׁנַ֥ת prep + n c fs cs If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.
- Leviticus 27:18 הַ/שָּׁנִים֙ שְׁנַ֣ת ptcl def.art + n c fp n c fs cs But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain to the Year of Jubilee; and an abatement shall be made from your valuation.
- Leviticus 27:23 שְׁנַ֣ת n c fs cs then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation up to the Year of Jubilee; and he shall give your valuation on that day, as a holy thing to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 27:24 בִּ/שְׁנַ֤ת prep + n c fs cs In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongs.
Numbers 16 verses
- Numbers 6:12 שְׁנָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He shall separate to Yahweh the days of his separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.
- Numbers 6:14 שְׁנָת֨/וֹ שְׁנָתָ֛/הּ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fs cs + sfx pers 3fs and he shall offer his offering to Yahweh, one male lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
- Numbers 7:15 שְׁנָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:21 שְׁנָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:27 שְׁנָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:33 שְׁנָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:39 שְׁנָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:45 שְׁנָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:51 שְׁנָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:57 שְׁנָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:63 שְׁנָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:69 שְׁנָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:75 שְׁנָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:81 שְׁנָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 15:27 שְׁנָתָ֖/הּ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3fs If one person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin-offering.
- Numbers 33:38 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
Deuteronomy 4 verses
- Deuteronomy 15:9 שְׁנַֽת שְׁנַ֣ת n c fs cs n c fs cs Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.
- Deuteronomy 26:12 בַּ/שָּׁנָ֥ה שְׁנַ֣ת prep det + n c fs n c fs cs When you have made an end of tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates, and be filled.
- Deuteronomy 31:10 שָׁנִ֗ים שְׁנַ֥ת n c fp n c fs cs Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of [every] seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tents,
- Deuteronomy 32:7 שְׁנ֣וֹת n c fp cs Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you.
2 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 12 verses
- 1 Kings 15:1 וּ/בִ/שְׁנַת֙ conj + prep + n c fs cs Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
- 1 Kings 15:9 וּ/בִ/שְׁנַ֣ת conj + prep + n c fs cs In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.
- 1 Kings 15:25 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת שְׁנָתָֽיִם prep + n c fs cs n c fd Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.
- 1 Kings 15:28 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha kill him, and reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:33 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת שָׁנָֽה prep + n c fs cs n c fs In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, [and reigned] twenty-four years.
- 1 Kings 16:8 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת שָׁנָ֔ה שְׁנָתָֽיִם prep + n c fs cs n c fs n c fd In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, [and reigned] two years.
- 1 Kings 16:10 בִּ/שְׁנַת֙ prep + n c fs cs and Zimri went in and struck him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 16:15 בִּ/שְׁנַת֩ שָׁנָ֗ה prep + n c fs cs n c fs In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
- 1 Kings 16:23 בִּ/שְׁנַת֩ שָׁנָ֗ה שָׁנָ֑ה שָׁנִֽים prep + n c fs cs n c fs n c fs n c fp In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, [and reigned] twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 16:29 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת שָׁנָ֔ה שָׁנָֽה prep + n c fs cs n c fs n c fs In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
- 1 Kings 22:41 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:51 בִּ/שְׁנַת֙ שְׁנָתָֽיִם prep + n c fs cs n c fd Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
2 Kings 28 verses
- 2 Kings 1:17 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs So he died according to the word of Yahweh which Elijah had spoken. Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
- 2 Kings 3:1 בִּ/שְׁנַת֙ שָׁנָֽה prep + n c fs cs n c fs Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
- 2 Kings 8:16 וּ/בִ/שְׁנַ֣ת conj + prep + n c fs cs In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 8:25 בִּ/שְׁנַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה prep + n c fs cs n c fs In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
- 2 Kings 9:29 וּ/בִ/שְׁנַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה conj + prep + n c fs cs n c fs In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
- 2 Kings 12:1 בִּ/שְׁנַת שָׁנָ֔ה prep + n c fs cs n c fs In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
- 2 Kings 12:6 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת שָׁנָ֖ה prep + n c fs cs n c fs But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
- 2 Kings 13:1 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת שָׁנָ֔ה שָׁנָֽה prep + n c fs cs n c fs n c fs In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] seventeen years.
- 2 Kings 13:10 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת שָׁנָ֔ה שָׁנָֽה prep + n c fs cs n c fs n c fs In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] sixteen years.
- 2 Kings 14:1 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.
- 2 Kings 14:23 בִּ/שְׁנַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה שָׁנָֽה prep + n c fs cs n c fs n c fs In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, [and reigned] forty-one years.
- 2 Kings 15:1 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת שָׁנָ֔ה prep + n c fs cs n c fs In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
- 2 Kings 15:8 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת שָׁנָ֔ה prep + n c fs cs n c fs In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
- 2 Kings 15:13 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת שָׁנָ֔ה prep + n c fs cs n c fs Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned the space of a month in Samaria.
- 2 Kings 15:17 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת שָׁנָ֔ה שָׁנִ֖ים prep + n c fs cs n c fs n c fp In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, [and reigned] ten years in Samaria.
- 2 Kings 15:23 בִּ/שְׁנַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה שְׁנָתָֽיִם prep + n c fs cs n c fs n c fd In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] two years.
- 2 Kings 15:27 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת שָׁנָ֔ה שָׁנָֽה prep + n c fs cs n c fs n c fs In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] twenty years.
- 2 Kings 15:30 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him, and killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
- 2 Kings 15:32 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
- 2 Kings 16:1 בִּ/שְׁנַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה prep + n c fs cs n c fs In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 17:1 בִּ/שְׁנַת֙ שָׁנִֽים prep + n c fs cs n c fp In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, [and reigned] nine years.
- 2 Kings 17:6 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת prep + n c fs cs In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 18:1 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs Now it happened in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 18:10 שָׁנִ֔ים בִּ/שְׁנַת שְׁנַת n c fp prep + n c fs cs n c fs cs At the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
- 2 Kings 24:12 בִּ/שְׁנַ֥ת prep + n c fs cs and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
- 2 Kings 25:1 בִ/שְׁנַ֨ת prep + n c fs cs It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
- 2 Kings 25:8 שְׁנַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה n c fs cs n c fs Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 25:27 שָׁנָ֗ה בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת n c fs prep + n c fs cs It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
1 Chronicles 1 verse
2 Chronicles 10 verses
- 2 Chronicles 3:2 בִּ/שְׁנַ֥ת prep + n c fs cs He began to build in the second [day] of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
- 2 Chronicles 13:1 בִּ/שְׁנַ֛ת prep + n c fs cs In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 15:10 לִ/שְׁנַ֥ת prep + n c fs cs So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
- 2 Chronicles 15:19 שְׁנַת n c fs cs There was no more war to the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
- 2 Chronicles 16:1 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת prep + n c fs cs In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 16:12 בִּ/שְׁנַת֩ prep + n c fs cs In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he didn't seek Yahweh, but to the physicians.
- 2 Chronicles 16:13 בִּ/שְׁנַ֛ת prep + n c fs cs Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
- 2 Chronicles 17:7 וּ/בִ/שְׁנַ֨ת conj + prep + n c fs cs Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
- 2 Chronicles 34:8 וּ/בִ/שְׁנַ֨ת conj + prep + n c fs cs Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Yahweh his God.
- 2 Chronicles 36:22 וּ/בִ/שְׁנַ֣ת conj + prep + n c fs cs Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,
Ezra 3 verses
- Ezra 1:1 וּ/בִ/שְׁנַ֣ת conj + prep + n c fs cs Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,
- Ezra 7:7 בִּ/שְׁנַת prep + n c fs cs There went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
- Ezra 7:8 שְׁנַ֥ת n c fs cs He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Nehemiah 4 verses
- Nehemiah 1:1 שְׁנַ֣ת n c fs cs The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
- Nehemiah 2:1 שְׁנַ֥ת n c fs cs It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been [before] sad in his presence.
- Nehemiah 5:14 מִ/שְּׁנַ֣ת שְׁנַ֨ת שָׁנִ֖ים prep + n c fs cs n c fs cs n c fp Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.
- Nehemiah 13:6 בִּ/שְׁנַת֩ prep + n c fs cs But in all this [time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king,
Esther 3 verses
- Esther 1:3 בִּ/שְׁנַ֤ת prep + n c fs cs in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him;
- Esther 2:16 בִּ/שְׁנַת prep + n c fs cs So Esther was taken to king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
- Esther 3:7 בִּ/שְׁנַת֙ prep + n c fs cs In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], which is the month Adar.
Job 4 verses
- Job 10:5 שְׁ֝נוֹתֶ֗י/ךָ n c fp cs + sfx pers 2ms Are your days as the days of mortals, Or your years as man's years,
- Job 16:22 שְׁנ֣וֹת n c fp cs For when a few years are come, I shall go the way from whence I shall not return.
- Job 36:11 וּ֝/שְׁנֵי/הֶ֗ם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp If they listen and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
- Job 36:26 שָׁנָ֣י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
Psalms 10 verses
- Psalms 31:10 וּ/שְׁנוֹתַ֪/י conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 1cs For my life is spent with sorrow, My years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.
- Psalms 61:6 שְׁ֝נוֹתָ֗י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms You will prolong the king's life; His years shall be for generations.
- Psalms 65:11 שְׁנַ֣ת n c fs cs You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance.
- Psalms 77:5 שְׁ֝נ֗וֹת n c fp cs I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.
- Psalms 78:33 וּ֝/שְׁנוֹתָ֗/ם conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, And their years in terror.
- Psalms 90:9 שָׁנֵ֣י/נוּ n c fp cs + sfx pers 1cp For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
- Psalms 90:10 שְׁנוֹתֵ֨י/נוּ שָׁנָ֡ה שָׁנָ֗ה n c fp cs + sfx pers 1cp n c fs n c fs The days of our years are seventy, Or even by reason of strength eighty years; Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, For it passes quickly, and we fly away.
- Psalms 90:15 שְׁ֝נ֗וֹת n c fp cs Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, For as many years as we have seen evil.
- Psalms 102:24 שְׁנוֹתֶֽי/ךָ n c fp cs + sfx pers 2ms I said, "My God, don't take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.
- Psalms 102:27 וּ֝/שְׁנוֹתֶ֗י/ךָ conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 2ms But you are the same. Your years will have no end.
Proverbs 5 verses
- Proverbs 3:2 וּ/שְׁנ֣וֹת conj + n c fp cs For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to you.
- Proverbs 4:10 שְׁנ֣וֹת n c fp cs Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
- Proverbs 5:9 וּ֝/שְׁנֹתֶ֗י/ךָ conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 2ms Lest you give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one;
- Proverbs 9:11 שְׁנ֣וֹת n c fp cs For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
- Proverbs 10:27 וּ/שְׁנ֖וֹת conj + n c fp cs The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Isaiah 10 verses
- Isaiah 6:1 בִּ/שְׁנַת prep + n c fs cs In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
- Isaiah 14:28 בִּ/שְׁנַת prep + n c fs cs In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
- Isaiah 16:14 שָׁנִים֙ כִּ/שְׁנֵ֣י n c fp prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs But now Yahweh has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.
- Isaiah 20:1 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת prep + n c fs cs In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;
- Isaiah 21:16 שָׁנָה֙ כִּ/שְׁנֵ֣י n c fs prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs For thus has the Lord said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
- Isaiah 34:8 שְׁנַ֥ת n c fs cs For Yahweh has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
- Isaiah 38:10 שְׁנוֹתָֽ/י n c fp cs + sfx pers 1cs I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
- Isaiah 38:15 שְׁנוֹתַ֖/י n c fp cs + sfx pers 1cs What shall I say? he has both spoken to me, and himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
- Isaiah 61:2 שְׁנַת n c fs cs to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
- Isaiah 63:4 וּ/שְׁנַ֥ת conj + n c fs cs For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
Jeremiah 11 verses
- Jeremiah 11:23 שְׁנַ֥ת n c fs cs and there shall be no remnant to them: for I will bring evil on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
- Jeremiah 17:8 וּ/בִ/שְׁנַ֤ת conj + prep + n c fs cs For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
- Jeremiah 23:12 שְׁנַ֥ת n c fs cs Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 46:2 בִּ/שְׁנַת֙ prep + n c fs cs Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 48:44 שְׁנַ֥ת n c fs cs He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 51:59 בִּ/שְׁנַ֥ת prep + n c fs cs The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain.
- Jeremiah 52:12 שְׁנַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה n c fs cs n c fs Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem:
- Jeremiah 52:28 בִּ/שְׁנַת prep + n c fs cs This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand twenty-three Jews;
- Jeremiah 52:29 בִּ/שְׁנַ֛ת prep + n c fs cs in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty-two persons;
- Jeremiah 52:30 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת prep + n c fs cs in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty-five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
- Jeremiah 52:31 שָׁנָ֗ה בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת n c fs prep + n c fs cs It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the [first] year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison;
Ezekiel 4 verses
- Ezekiel 4:5 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be to you a number of days, even three hundred ninety days: so shall you bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 22:4 שְׁנוֹתָ֑יִ/ךְ n c fp cs + sfx pers 2fs You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and are come even to your years: therefore have I made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
- Ezekiel 46:13 שְׁנָת֜/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall prepare a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering to Yahweh daily: morning by morning shall you prepare it.
- Ezekiel 46:17 שְׁנַ֣ת n c fs cs But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons.
Daniel 8 verses
- Daniel 1:1 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and besieged it.
- Daniel 1:21 שְׁנַ֥ת n c fs cs Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus.
- Daniel 2:1 וּ/בִ/שְׁנַ֣ת conj + prep + n c fs cs In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
- Daniel 8:1 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.
- Daniel 9:1 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
- Daniel 9:2 בִּ/שְׁנַ֤ת הַ/שָּׁנִ֗ים שָׁנָֽה prep + n c fs cs ptcl def.art + n c fp n c fs in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years about which the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.
- Daniel 10:1 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
- Daniel 11:1 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs "As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
Joel 1 verse
Haggai 3 verses
- Haggai 1:1 בִּ/שְׁנַ֤ת prep + n c fs cs In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
- Haggai 1:15 בִּ/שְׁנַ֥ת prep + n c fs cs in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
- Haggai 2:10 בִּ/שְׁנַ֥ת prep + n c fs cs In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Zechariah 3 verses
- Zechariah 1:1 בִּ/שְׁנַ֥ת prep + n c fs cs In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
- Zechariah 1:7 בִּ/שְׁנַ֥ת prep + n c fs cs On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
- Zechariah 7:1 בִּ/שְׁנַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs It happened in the fourth year of king Darius that the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
About this entry
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“year” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun שנה (shâneh). Its meaning spans more than one sense — see its full sense range. It appears 647 verses across 32 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its most common vocabulary. First canonically at Genesis 1:14, it enters the text early. Related forms include שנה, משנה and שני. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H8141 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 647
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 647 distinct verses.
- 32 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 32 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #49
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 49 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 647 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 270 verses · 42%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 247 verses · 38%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 130 verses · 20%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Years 440×, Year 314×, Two years 5×
- American Standard Version†: Years 430×, Year 286×, Same year 4×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Years 288×, Year 238×, Years old 20×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Years 448×, Year 275×, The 60×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8141 across 804† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 35 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 71 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8141 across 801† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 54 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8141 across 612† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 32 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 263 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8141 across 955† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 18 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
Senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Pual (the passive of Piel) and Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 6 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
שנה I change (NH Pi, etc.
Qal
- Pf. 1 s. לֹא שָׁנִיתִי Mal 3:6 I am י׳, I do not change; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁנֶא (Ges§ 77 rr) La 4:1 how is the fine gold changed (si vera l.; LöhrNow יִשָּׁנֵא; gloss on יוּעַם Bu Löhr); Inf. cstr. שְׁנוֹת יְמִין עֶלְיוֹן ψ 77:11 the right hand of the Highest is changed (𝔖 𝔙 𝔗 Aq Sym Theod Hup-Now RVm Bae Du We Buhl; AV RV Ew De Che al. years, usually ins. I will remember); Pt. שׁוֹנִים Est 1:7 differing, different, c. מִן, cf. 3:8 (so Ecclus 42:24); Pr 24:21 those who change (but dub., v. Toy). e.g. Malachi 3:6
Piel
- transit., change, alter: Pf. 3 ms. שִׁנָּה Je 52:33 c. acc. garments, = שִׁנָּא (Gesl.c.) 2 K 25:29; Impf. 3 ms. יְשַׁנֶּה דִּין Pr 31:5 lest he pervert the judgment; וַיְשַׁנּוֹ 1 S 21:14 (read וַיְשַׁן Ges§ 75bb, וַיְשַׁנֶּה We Dr (and reff.), cf. Bu HPS Now), c. acc. טַעְמוֹ (v טַעַם, and Assyrian šanê ṭêmi, madness); וַיְשַׁנֶּהָ Est 2:9, i.e. changed her place לְטוֹב בֵּית הַנָּשִׁים; 1 s. ψ 89:35 the utterance of my lips I will not change (‖ לֹא אֲחַלֵּל בְּרִיתִי); Inf. cstr. לְשַׁנּוֹת אֶת־דַּרְכֵּךְ Je 2:36 i.e. change thy political course; בְּשַׁנּוֹתוֹ אֶת־טַעְמוֹ ψ 34:1 (title; cf. 1 S 21:14 supr.); Pt. מְשַׁנֶּה פָנָיו Jb 14:20 altering his face, i.e. in death (subj. God). e.g. Jeremiah 52:33
Pual
- Impf. 3 ms. וְעֹז פָּנָיו יְשֻׁנֶּא (Ges§ 75rr) Ec 8:1, usually is changed, mollified, Siegf יִשָּׂנֵא is hated (on עֹז פ׳ v. עֹז 4, √ עזז). e.g. Ecclesiastes 8:1
Hithpael
- Pf. 2 fs. consec. קוּמִי נָא וְהִשְׁתַּנִּית 1 K 14:2 arise, pray, and disguise thyself. e.g. 1 Kings 14:2
שנה II (on appar. except v. AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 46), year (etym. v. √)
שנה III repeat, do again (NH id.
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. שׁ׳ 2 S 20:10; Impf. 1 s. אֶשְׁנֶה 1 S 26:8, etc.; Imv. mpl. שְׁנוּ 1 K 18:34; Pt. שֹׁנֶה Pr 17:9; 26:11;—do again: וַיַּכֵּהוּ … וְלֹא שׁ׳ לוֹ 2 S 20:10, cf. 1 S 26:8; abs. 1 K 18:34(×2) Ne 13:21; = speak again Jb 29:22 + 40:5 according to many moderns (אשׁנה for MT אענה); שׁ׳ בְּדָבָר Pr 17:9 repeat with a thing, keep talking about it (שנות דבר Ecclus 42:1); 26:11 a dullard repeats with (ב) his folly, does it over agian (learns nothing by experience). e.g. 2 Samuel 20:10
Niphal
- Inf. cstr. וְעַל הִשָּׁנוֹת הַחֲלוֹם אֶל־פַּרְעֹה פַּעֲמָ֑יִם Gn 41:32 (E) concerning the dream’s being repeated, etc. e.g. Genesis 41:32
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. vb. change (NH Pi, etc.; Ecclus 42:24, etc.; Assyrian šanû, change, Aramaic שְׁנָא, Nab. Ethpa. Lzb379; Syriac ܫܢܳܐ, especially mentally = grow insane; cf. (prob.) NH שָׁנָה year, = Ph. שנת, שת; MI 2, 8 שת; Assyrian šattu (cf. Muss-ArnoltJBL xi (1892), 73 n.); Arabic سَنَةٌ; Aramaic שְׁנַא, שַׁתָּא, ܫܢܳܐ, ܫܰܢ݈ܬܳܐ; Old Aramaic, Nab., Palm. שנתא, שנת, שת, שנן Lzb379 f.; on year from changing seasons, v. PhilippiZMG xxxii (1878), 79 f. BaZMG xli (1887), 612, 621, 636 (especially against DHM VIme Orient. Congr. ii. 1, 452 who proposes bilit. √), cf. Thes; a daring suggestion by JenZA vii (1892), 177);—
II. n.f. (on appar. except v. AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 46), year (etym. v. √);—abs. שׁ׳ Am 2:10 +; cstr. שְׁנַת Gn 41:50 +; sf. שְׁנָתוֹ Ez 46:13 +, שְׁנָתָהּ Lv 14:10 + 2 times; du. שְׁנָתַיִם Am 1:1 +, -תָ֑יִם 1 K 15:25 +; pl. שָׁנִים Ex 21:2 +, cstr. שְׁנֵי Gn 23:1 + 24 times, שְׁנוֹת Dt 32:7 + 8 times (poet. and late); sf. שָׁנָיו Lv 25:52 + 4 times sf.; שְׁנוֹתַי Is 38:15 ψ 31:11, שְׁנוֹתָם 78:33 + 8 times sf.;—year, as division of time, Ex 23:14, 17 3 times בַּשָּׁנָה +, etc.; רֵשִׁית הַשּׁ׳ Dt 11:12, opp. אַחֲרִית הַשּׁ׳ v 12, צֵאת הַשּׁ׳ Ex 23:16, תְּקוּפַת הַשּׁ׳ 34:22 2 Ch 24:23, תְּשׁוּבַת הַשּׁ׳ 2 S 11:1 +, etc.; בָּא שָׁנָה 2 K 13:20, read כְּבֹא שׁ׳ 𝔊 Bur, בארץ שׁ׳ בְשׁ׳ Kit, cf. שׁ׳ בְשׁ׳ = year by year 1 S 1:7 +; בַּשָּׁנָה Benz, cf. Ne 10:33; so שׁ׳ שׁ׳ Dt 14:22, שׁ׳ אַחֲרֵי שׁ׳ 2 S 21:1, בְּכָל־שׁ׳ וְשׁ׳ Est 9:21, 27; especially of duration of life; (יְמֵי) שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי פ׳ Gn 23:1; 25:7 + (P); שְׁנֵיהֶם Jb 36:11 +, שְׁנוֹתַי ψ 31:11 (‖ חַיַּי), etc.; of God Jb 10:5 ψ 102:25, 28; in phr. of age, v. בֵּן 9, בַּת 9; indef. שָׁנִים Ez 38:17 = for years, לְקֵץ שׁ׳ Dn 11:6; זֶה־יָמִים אוֹ זֶה שָׁנִים 1 S 29:3; specif. בִּשְׁנַת מוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ Is 6:1; 14:28, בִּשְׁנַת בֹּא תַּרְתָּן 20:1, שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָה Dt 15:9; 31:10, שְׁנַת הַיּוֹבֵל Lv 25:13 +, etc.; שְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר Is 16:14; 21:16 (v. שָׂכִיר); שְׁנַת פְּקֻדָּתָם Je 11:23 + 2 times; שׁ׳ רָצוֹן לְי׳ Is 61:2, etc.; שְׁנוֹת דֹּר־וָדֹר Dt 32:7, cf. Jo 2:2; most often c. num. card.: pl. after units, appos., Ex 21:2 +, so also שְׁתַּיִם שָׁנִים 2 S 2:10 +, but du. שְׁנָתַיִם Am 1:1 + 4 times, שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים Gn 41:1 + 4 times; very rarely c. num. (certainly) cstr. שְׁתֵּי שָׁנִים 1 S 13:1 (corrupt), שְׁלשׁ שׁ׳ Lv 25:21; 8 + שָׁנָה †2 K 22:1; before unit (rare, late) 2 Ch 11:17(×2); Dn 1:5; sg. after 11–19, tens, and hundreds Gn 5:3, 9; 14:4 + often; so 90 + 9 years 17:24 +, rarely 30 + 3 years 1 K 2:11, etc.; but אֶלֶפ שָׁנִים ψ 90:4 1000 years, so (+ פַּעֲמַיִם) Ec 6:6 1000 years twice over; with cp. num. often repeated, 900 year + 30 year Gn 5:5, etc.; 100 year + 70 year + 5 years 25:7, etc.; c. num. card. = ord., בִּשְׁנַת אַרְבַּע לְ 1 K 22:41 in the fourth year of, etc., also בִּשְׁנַת חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה לְ 2 K 15:23, etc.; but בְּאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שׁ׳ לְ 2 K 18:13, etc. (often), and בַּשָּׁנָה הָאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה 1 K 6:38, etc.; also (c. units), בַּשָּׁנָה הָֽרְבִיעִת Lv 19:24 +, etc., + לְ 2 K 17:6 the ninth year of, etc.; and even (Ges§ 134 p) בִּשְׁנַת הַתְּשִׁיעִית לְ 2 K 25:1, cf. Ezr 7:8; Je 46:2; 51:59 + (Kt) 28:1; 32:1 (Qr בַּשָּׁנָה).
III. vb. repeat, do again (NH id.; Ecclus 42:1; Arabic ثَنَى bend, fold, double; Aramaic תְּנָא repeat, also teach, ܬܢܳܐ; Assyrian šanû, especially Pi. repeat, relate, cf. ScheilZA v (1890), 409 (Dl thinks denom.); on שׁ׳ as √ of שְׁנַיִם two, v. PhilippiZMG xxxii (1878), 77 Baib. xii (1887), 603);—
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Derived from שנה (shânâh) (H8138) — to change.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שֵׁינָה
- sleep. Ber. 3ᵇ מעולם לא עבר … בש׳ midnight never found me asleep. Ib. 62ᵇ ש׳ בעמוד וכ׳ sleep at morning dawn (v. שֵׁינָא I). Meg. 15ᵇ שְׁנַת וכ׳, v. נָדַד. Succ. 26ᵃ שֵׁינַת, v. עַרְאַי. Ib. במוסר שֵׁינָתוֹ וכ׳ when he gives his sleep in charge of others (gives orders to wake him up). Yoma I, 4 המאכל מביא את הש׳ eating causes sleepiness. Tam. 28ᵃ אונס ש׳ being overcome by sleep. Snh. 93ᵇ שהיו אונסין … ומן הש׳ they forced themselves not to laugh, talk, or fall asleep. Kidd. 49ᵇ עשרה ש׳ וכ׳ ten measures of sleep have come down to the world, nine of which the slaves have taken &c.; a. fr.
שָׁנָה
- I, v. שני
שָׁנָה II
- , Revue des Et. Juives XI, 1885, p. 64) year. Ber. 55ᵃ שלשה … ש׳ טובה וכ׳ three things must be prayed for: a good king, a good year, and a good dream. R. Hash. I, 1, a. fr. ראש הש׳, v. רֹאשׁ. Ib. 2ᵃ עלתה לו ש׳ it is counted as one year of his reign (his second year begins). Y. Yoma V, 42ᶜ top; Bab. ib. 53ᵇ, v. גָּשַׁם. Ib. 39ᵇ אותה ש׳ … בש׳ זו הוא מת (on the Day of Atonement of) the year in which Simon the righteous died, he said to them, in this year he (euphem. for I) shall die. Snh. 97ᵃ; Ab. Zar. 9ᵃ ששת אלפים ש׳ וכ׳ the world will last six thousand years. Naz. 5ᵃ אותה ש׳ … שנת עשר וכ׳ the year in which they asked for a king was the tenth year of office of Samuel &c. Par. I, 1 בת שְׁנָתָהּ in her first year; a. v. fr.—Pl. שָׁנִים, constr. שְׁנוֹת (שְׁנֵי). Naz. l. c. ימים שאין עמהן ש׳ ‘days’ in the Scriptures to which the word ‘years’ is not attached; זה שיש עמו ש׳ this passage (Gen. XLI, 1) where ‘years’ is combined with days. Yoma 71ᵃ (ref. to Prov. III, 2) וכי יש ש׳ של חיים ויש ש׳ שאינן וכ׳ are there years of life, and years of no life? אלו שְׁנוֹתָיו של אדם וכ׳ those are a man’s years which are changed for him from evil to good. Sabb. 89ᵇ (ref. to כשנים, Is. I, 18) אם יהיו חטאיכם כש׳ הללו וכ׳ if your sins were as many as the years that have been arranged and have come down from the six days of creation until now, they shall become white &c.; Yalk. Is. 256; Y. Sabb. IX, 12ᵃ bot. כש׳ שבין וכ׳ as the years (required for travelling) between the heaven and the earth; כשְׁנֵי אבות as the years of the patriarchs; a. v. fr.—ברכת הש׳ (the blessing of the harvests of the year) birkhath hash-shanim, the ninth section of the Prayer of Benedictions (תְּפִלָּה). Ber. 29ᵃ, v. שְׁאֵלָה. Taan. 2ᵃ; a. fr. e.g. Genesis 41:1
שֵׁנָה
- , v. שֵׁינָה
שני
- (b. h.)
- 1. to repeat, do a second time. Yoma 86ᵇ ואם ש׳ בהן וכ׳ but if he committed the same sins again, he must confess them. Ib. כיון … וש׳ בה וכ׳ when a man commits a sin and repeats it, it appears to him permitted; M. Kat. 27ᵇ. Ib. 16ᵇ; Ber. 18ᵃ אם קרית לא שָׁנִיתָ ואם שנית וכ׳ if thou hast read (studied), thou hast not repeated, and if thou hast repeated, thou hast not reviewed a third time, and if thou hast done so, they have not explained it to thee (v. פָּרַשׁ). Sot. 9ᵃ (ref. to Mal. III, 6) לא … ושָׁנִיתִי לה וכ׳ I never struck a nation and had to do it a second time, but you, children of Israel, have not been consumed; Yalk. Deut. 825. Ib. שהיה מכה … ולא שֹׁונֶה לו who used to strike a man once and no more (killed with one stroke). Tosef. Toh. IV, 1 אומר לו שיִשְׁנֶה we say to him that he should do it again (when it will be seen whether it can be done without touching uncleanness); אין שֹׁונִין בטהרות we must not try again for the purpose of deciding in matters of levitical cleanness; Nidd. 5ᵇ אומרים לו שְׁנֵה ושונה we say to him, do it again, and he does it again; a. fr.—Part. pass. שָׁנוּי; f. שְׁנוּיָה &c. Meg. 31ᵃ; Ab. Zar. 19ᵇ, v. שָׁלַשׁ; a. e. e.g. Malachi 3:6
- 2. (denom. of מִשְׁנָה) to study the Mishnah; in gen. to study; to teach. Meg. 28ᵇ; Nidd. 73ᵃ כל השונה וכ׳ he who studies (reviews) traditional laws every day. Meg. 32ᵃ; Treat. Sof’rim III, 10 השונה בלא זמרה who studies (Mishnah and Gemarah) without chant. B. Mets. 44ᵃ שנית לנו … ותִשְׁנֶה לנו וכ׳ in thy earlier days thou taughtest us …, and again in thy old days, thou teachest us &c.?; Ab. Zar. 52ᵇ. Erub. 92ᵃ וכי רבי לא שְׁנָאָהּ וכ׳ but if Rabbi has not taught that, whence could R. Ḥiyya have it?; Yeb. 43ᵃ; Nidd. 62ᵃ רבי לא שנה וכ׳ Rabbi has not taught this? whence &c.? Yeb. 108ᵇ, a. e. מי שש׳ זו לא ש׳ זו he who taught this, has not taught that, i.e. the two clauses in the Mishnah are from different authors, v. תַּבְרָא. Ḥull. 85ᵃ ראה רבי … ושְׁנָאָן וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ושנאו) Rabbi approved of the opinion of R. …, and embodied it in the Mishnah as the opinion of ‘the scholars’. Pes. 3ᵇ; Ḥull. 63ᵇ לעולם יִשְׁנֶה אדם לתלמידו וכ׳ one should always teach his pupil the shortest way (use the briefest terms). Ib. 81ᵇ, a. fr. לא שָׁנוּ אלא וכ׳ they have taught this only with regard to a case &c., i.e. this is meant only when &c.; a. fr.—Part. pass. as ab. Nidd. 22ᵇ, a. fr. במחלוקת שנויה, v. מַחֲלוֹקֶת.
- 1. to be repeated. Snh. 59ᵃ ונִישְׁנֵית, v. נֹחַ. Ḥull. 63ᵇ למה נִשְׁנוּ בבהמה וכ׳ why are the laws of clean and unclean animals repeated (in Deut.)? With reference to quadrupeds, on account of hassh’suʿah (Deut. XIV, 7, which is not found in Lev. XI, 4) &c., v. שְׁסוּעָה; Bekh. 6ᵇ; a. e. e.g. Deuteronomy 14:7
- 2. to be taught. B. Mets. 33ᵇ; B. Kam. 94ᵇ, a. e. בימי רבי נשנית משנה זו this Mishnah was taught (originated) in Rabbi’s days. Ber. 28ᵃ, v. עֵדוּת; a. e.
- to teach (Mishnah &c.). Lam. R. to I, 6 הַשְׁנֵינִי פרק וכ׳, v. קָרָא II; a. e.
- 1. to repeat, to come a second time. Y. Snh. III, 21ᵇ bot. לְשַׁנֹּות, v. טַעֲנָה. Num. R. s. 420 ולא שִׁינְּתָה, v. שָׁלַשׁ.
- 2. to change, vary, modify; to make a distinction. B. Mets. VI, 2 כל המְשַׁנֶּה ידיו וכ׳, v. יָד. Snh. 92ᵇ אפי׳ … לא יְשַׁנֶּה אדם את עצמו וכ׳ even in time of danger (persecution) a man must not change himself from (disguise the insignia of) his office. Yeb. 65ᵇ מותר … לשנות וכ׳ one may modify (the report of a person’s utterances) in the interest of peace. Ib. גדול … הקב"ה ש׳ בו וכ׳ peace is a great thing, for even the Lord modified (Sarah’s words) for its sake (ref. to Gen. XVIII, 12 a. 13). Y. Pes. IV, 30ᵈ top אל תְּשַׁנּוּ מנהג וכ׳ change not the usage of your fathers &c. Gen. R. s. 48 זה אחד … שׁשִׁינּוּ וכ׳ this is one of the things which they (the seventy translators) changed for king Ptolemee. Sabb. 10ᵇ לעולם אל יְשַׁנֶּה אדם בנו בין הבנים a man must never distinguish his son among his sons (favor one son more than the others); Gen. R. s. 84. Bets. 30ᵃ אם אי אפשר לשנות if it is not possible to do the thing in a different manner (so as to be reminded that it is a Holy Day). Tanḥ. Nitsabim 3 כבר … שלא אֲשׁנֶּה בכם וכ׳ I have sworn to you that I will not change my relation to you &c. Yalk. Mal. 589 מי שי׳ במי which of us changed his conduct towards the other?; המקום לא שי׳ בישראל God has not changed his relation to Israel; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְשׁוּנֶּה; f. מְשׁוּנָּה. Y. Taan. I, end, 64ᵈ עורב יצא מש׳ מן הבריות the raven came out of the ark looking different from all other creatures (black). Shek. V, 2, v. רִצְפָה. Sabb. 56ᵃ (ref. to II Sam. XII, 9) מש׳ רעה זו וכ׳ this evil deed is different from all &c. Ib. 156ᵇ מיתה מש׳ a strange (unnatural, sudden) death; Sot. 35ᵃ; a. fr.—Deut. R. s. 9 ראה אותו מש׳ he saw him (the angel of death) looking strange (excited); מפני מה אתה מש׳ why art thou excited? e.g. Genesis 18:12
- to be changed, different. Snh. 38ᵃ בשלשה … מִשְׁתַּנֶּה מחבירו וכ׳ by three things one man is distinguishable from another: by his voice &c. Pes. X, 4 (116ᵃ) מה נ׳ הלילה וכ׳ why is this night different from all other nights? Snh. 71ᵇ [read:] הואיל ונ׳ דינו ונִשְׁתַּנֵית מיתתו because his (the proselyte’s) legal status is different, and the mode of capital punishment is different for him. Sabb. 53ᵇ נִשְׁתַּנּוּ לו סדרי וכ׳ the order of nature had to be changed for him. R. Hash. 19ᵃ מה נִישְׁתַּנִּינוּ מכל וכ׳ wherein are we different from any other nation or tongue that you decree for us such hard decrees?; a. e.
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The 155 distinct written forms H8141 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 619 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 647 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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- Genesis 1:14
- Exodus 6:16
- Leviticus 9:3
- Numbers 1:1
- Deuteronomy 1:3
- Joshua 5:6
- Judges 2:8
- Ruth 1:4
- 1 Samuel 1:7
- 2 Samuel 2:10
- 1 Kings 2:11
- 2 Kings 1:17
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